Can someone point me in the right direction for embedding flash in VB.NET? I've been searching, but all of the tutorial's (etc.) I'm finding are for VB 6.0. TIA -Jake ...more >>

I'm trying to fade out one image and fade in another. In both cases when I choose Timeline Insert>Transition both the preview and the result in the timeline will not fade in and out unless the duration is at least 75 frames. How can I do a fade in of say 30 frames. If I try to do that it is white...more >>

Whenever I try to open the .fla files to run the tutorial flash documents that are in the start_files directory for Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004, it gives me a Unexpected file format error message, and fails to load. Anyone have an idea of whats wrong? Thanks.. ...more >>

Hi, Can someone point me in the right direction to get an Web URL to load within a Flash SWF file and not external. Thanks, Travis ----------------------------------------- A. Travis Polland Internet Ideations...more >>

Every time i open a website with swf files the computer hangup. I have winXP with IE6 Flash player 7.i can´t install shockwave player because the same problem. i can i do to solve the problem? I have changed the memory cards from computer and the problem persists. I have a friend with same probl...more >>

Forgive me guys but I am new to Macromedia Flash, I have created a flash movie, if you go to www.sniperville.com you will see the movie, what i want to do is inser a Sniper Rifle Gun Shot sound into the last frame whtn the SniperVille Logo appears, I have the file in WAV format, how do I integrat...more >>

hello does anyone have an example of using paypal inside a flash movie? what actionscript is used for the shopping cart option - including "add to cart" and "check out"? thanks pete ...more >>

hello: Excuse me if exists yet the answer of my question on this forum, but my boss is pushing to hurry up the Flash Page. I'm developed a flash registration form. That flash send variables to my ASP.net page and that's works fine. The problem is that i have all my clients validation or bus...more >>

im working on www.veinonline.com i actually created the whole site in flash.is this a good practice or should i mostly create site in dreamweaver.my sites do not flow smoothly together.i know currently this specific site is a huge 7 megabytes in size.i would like to get some pointers from a professi...more >>

I have created buttons in a flash page and although they say "button" whenever i try to add the on release get url command it says "error" can only be applied to button instances..... why is that, i select the object and it says "button" the darn thing is a button. HELP ...more >>

I am developing an e-learning course using Dreamweaver and Flash. Course design requires that the student/reader be able to exercise PAUSE and RESUME control of the Flash components (which are launched from a web page). These behaviors would be attached to a button and, on mouse click would stop...more >>

This is one of those stupid things that kills you for more time that it should. I have one layer with scripts and another with buttons. In the script layer, frame 5, I have some code with a stop() at the end. In the buttons layer, frame 5, I have a simple gotoAndPlay(5) command. If I click the but...more >>

This is a two-part query: 1. Is there a maximum length of runtime for a Flash movie? That is, one time through, from start to finish, without looping? In the fla file I'm currently working on, the timeline of the movie clip/animation extends to 1375 frames approximately (by selecting "Tiny" fr...more >>

How do you change or edit the graphic's speed in flash? Making the image change to another image slower. Also, how can I make transitions to the changes of image? Thank You very much. ...more >>

I have created a Flash Animation of our company logo that I would like to run on every PC when they are started up. Is there a way to have no window around the movie using Windows Projector .exe? And how can I center the animation on the user's screen. The movie is only 250x100 pixels. Tha...more >>

Why does sometimes my projector or my swf file crash when I have a video playing. Or it crashes or my video starts playing and after a few seconds it starts playing again even thougth it hasn't finish playing. Sometimes the audio stops playing and the video continues. How can I avoid all this from h...more >>

All, I've been asked by my boss to gather some resumes of qualified Designers and Developers looking for full-time employment. We have several positions opening up including the following: Lead Designer - Someone with vision to lead our design department and to shape it into a highly creative ...more >>

I have generated a HTML site (index.php) by PHP with de following code: <PARAM NAME="MOVIE" VALUE="FILE.swf?test_var=1234"> <EMBED SRC="FILE.swf?test_var=1234"> First question: Is it correct to declare the param test_var in the PARAM and EMBED section? But the main question is how do I use t...more >>

Hello, How would you convert Flash 4 files to Flash MX ona web page without having to rely on a generator app. Thanks; Jeremy ...more >>

I have just installed Flash MX Pro on my Dell Inspiron 8200 Notebook running Windows XP Pro. Every time I try to use the built in help system that comes with Flash I have trouble reading the font. It is extremely small and I can barely read it. How do I change the way that it is displaying? ...more >>

I can't find any documentation that specifically answers this question: does Flash player have to download ALL of an XML document before it can begin parsing it? Rex ...more >>

I am making a video project for a client´s website which is basically a viewing window with an empty MOVIE clip where the user selected videos load. The problem is that all the videos have the same ending ( credits+corporate logo) so I decided to make this a separete .SWF movie and "call it" w...more >>

Hi, I am looking for some suggestions on any good flash mx video tutorials on cd. I should mention I know the basics (very basics) but would like to advance my skills, so any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks, Glen. ...more >>

I have a very special problem. On my new site I load an external .swf file into a movieclip container. this movie clip contains my portfolio (preload and simple scenes with images and texts). the other .swf file that loads the external .swf includes an intro and the body of the page. but my probl...more >>

I double click on a button and come up with different frame spaces : up , over , down , hit Then i create a new frame in the over section so when a mouse rolls over something happends As an example i will take a grey button and on roll over with the mouse a piece of text will apear on the other s...more >>

Ok, everyone look at the menu at the top of this page. How do you get the the buttons to "stick" in the over position when you move your mouse over the button.please help... Matt ...more >>

Greetings, Friends. I am trying to make a simple movie that allows my customers to click a button that appears in the movie. That button needs to link to another page on our website. I have very little experience with actionscript (actually none). Flash MX is confusing me. I cannot get the li...more >>

Is it possible to preload into Browser SWF files? Just like we can preload pictures into arrays. Thanks Mark ...more >>

my preloader works in my 1st movie but not in my 2nd. In the 1st movie all my bitmaps are present in the timeline. In the 2nd movie their arent in the timeline instead i've called them dynamicaly: DynamicImage.clear(); DynamicImage.attachMovie("bitmap01","bitmap01",1); would this be the reaso...more >>

I've noticed that the new "Full Justification" feature in MX'04 only works with Static Text that is not selectable. I guess my question for Macromedia, is why then to features like "Change orientation of Text" and "Auto Kern" turn grey and un-usable when Dynamic Text or Input Text are selected in...more >>

Hi I am trying to make my flash projector presentation auto start when the CD-ROM is inserted. A .inf file apears to do this on a PC but how can I do this for a mac. If you can help please let me know. Cheers Pete ...more >>

hi, A pretty basic question, but I'd like to be able to insert a few frames without the entire timeline from start to very end being filled. Any secrets to this? Thanks. -Don- ...more >>

I am currently trying to learn how to properly enable binding in a custom component. I have two numericSteppers both bound to the selectedIndex value in the attached component 'test'. If I bind them directly to each other, they update properly. If I bind them across my component, they do not. And ye...more >>

Hi there, Is there a way to get flash to stop, and goto frame X if the right mouse button is clicked, or goto frame Y if the left mouse button is click. Is it possible? Cheers, @ndyB ...more >>

within my scene i have a menubar with two options...video and overview. when video is clicked i want to show the video along with play,stop, etc. controls. when overview is clicked, i need to lose the video and controls and show a text box. ...more >>

My question is a simple one, from the white paper on Rich Internet Apps (RIA), it was said that most RIA s work on the browser. Does this mean I can't develop a stand-alone RIA? Better still, can I build a stand-alone RIA in a swf or exe file format? ...more >>

Pls can someone tell me where i may be going wrong. I want my movie to stay at a specified size (rather than scale) whilst the player opens fullscreen. I've got the fullscreen sorted, and read all the mails here about this topic. I understand I should have the fscommand allowscale to false, which I ...more >>

I'd like to create something like the effect here; http://www.oneworldhosting.com Does anyone know of a tutorial on creating these lighting effects at the top of the page? Specifically the light on a path tween and the gradients of light that fade in and out.. I'd like to know what these...more >>

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to use flash with java swing? ...more >>

You guys helped me the other day answering my question about fading text in and out of Flash, but now I have a new one with a graphic in Fireworks. I've developed this graphic in Fireworks and converted it to a symbol (the graphic itself also has a series of smaller graphics that overlap and have...more >>

Is it possible to run a motion guide under a masked layer, without using two movie clips? ...more >>

I currently have a scrolling text box used to display a "News" page on a website, the marketing department have changed their minds about what they want and now require images in the text, however I haven't really got an idea how to incorporate images the way I ahve the system working at the moment....more >>

Is it possible to load a website to a specific location on your site, rather than when you click on the button or hyperlink that it loads to a new window Referring URLs www.meadowlarkco.com/meadowweb/main.htm ...more >>

http://webforums.macromedia.com/attachments/111.zip ...more >>

I'm creating a brief presentation that I'd like to run automatically and loop. I nested the screens so that they'd display correctly and inserted a "Go to First Screen" behavior in the last frame (keyframe) of the last slide. That doesn't work. I inserted a "Go to Slide" behavior and specified ...more >>

In a movie if i have a Dynamic textfield and drag the scrollbar component into it the component will automatically associate into that textfield (resize for it self, align whith the field, etc etc) but in another movie i just drag it above the textfield "dynamic" and it just doesn´t work...(non ...more >>

I'm trying to get the textHeight property of an autosize text field just like you would get the y position (ypos = getProperty(this, _y);) and can't for the life of me figure it out. I've tried a couple of ways but it doesn¹t work: myHeight = getProperty(this, textHeight); I know you can re...more >>

I have a question: Can someone explain to me how I would go about creating a simple visited button? One that once clicked on took you to a page and then when you came back the button was a different color or image something. Any help would be greatful, thank you very much. ...more >>

I'm trying to create Flash 'popup windows' which use dynamic text loaded in from an external text file. The popups are triggered from a button in the main movie which has a loadMovieNum("popup.swf", 50); action... the popup appears over the main movie and it's loading the correct images, backgrounds...more >>

Hi I still had a whopping 28 days left to use Flash MX 2004 professional, when hit by an annoying virus. A virus scan has now triggered the early expiry of my trial version... Any suggestions on how to overcome this? Or will I have to rebuild my entire machine? ...more >>

I have spotted such a problem in an application I'm preparing with Quiz Template: 1. I randomize the questions 2. Drag & Drop appears and works fine but: --- if there's a pitcure-based (D&D, HOTSPOT, HOTOBJECT) question coming after the D&D - everything is OK --- if there's a text-based (Tru...more >>

I am creating an online course, and using FLASH MX for the first time to do this. I would love to have a contact with someone who has had experiance with AICC flash movies. I have a few questions and also a few other little quieries that i feel someone with experiance could help. If anybody coul...more >>

I would like to know if it is possible to have a person type in some information in a text field and once they submit it the flash movie sends it to an email account. If this is possible which i think it should be, then is it possible to have a logged in user, or some sort of identification to be...more >>

Hi I have a flash moive which i embedded in a html file. In this movie, there is a game section and when user click on the btn to load the game, the game.swf will load into the movie itself (instead of opening another browser). The problem is when i am half way thru the game and i clicked o...more >>

I have an external movie that I want to load on my web page. The 'internal MovieClips' for my 'external swf' have the folling LINKAGE settings: "Exported in first frame". The reason I have told the movie clips to be exported into the first frame is due to the fact that they will not load if I ...more >>

HI! i'm creating an .flv file format from a .mov video in flash, I import the ..mov library, and then I export it in the library to a .flv, the file is created fine, I can see the images, but i can't listen anything, does anybody what's going wrong? any idea? any other shareware conversor from...more >>

I need to be able to exit from my movie but i cant use the FScommand as i need to publish the movie with the AICC tracking template instead. Unless someone knows how to get that FSCommand to work and still allow my movie to track the data generated. It would be great if i could get a simple scrip...more >>

Hello, I hope this is the right forum...the data integration forum seems to be database stuff. My apologies if I'm in the wrong house. Using one of the scrollpanes that can be downloaded from this site, as an example for a tutorial, I was able to manipulate it so that it matches the look of o...more >>

Hello. I'm in serious troubel... Tomorrow I need to demonstrate this to a comagny... Who can help me out... I want this proces of rotating till rotation is 70 to slow down. First it goes over the exact position and then it finetunes... That is what i want. It does the job, but way too quic...more >>

I am trying to produce a CD-ROM with a copy of my website on it. I am planning to use Flash Projector but would like to make it auto start when the CD is inserted. Can anyone help me with this. Cheers Pete ...more >>

Hi all, I've been directed to a discussion on another forum that is talking about the need to license MP3 if you use it in your content. They talk about having to pay a royalties to the authors of MP3! Can someone from Macromedia clarify the situation for me please? We want to supply our ...more >>

Hello, I have a few questions: I have a flash movie with a scene "intro" and a scene "main". In the scene "main" I have a movieclip, which is my menu with several buttons. Now I want to jump to different frames in my "main"-scene after pushing the different buttons in the menu-movieclip. Oh...more >>

Need some help, I have a Jpeg image that is 4600 pixels wide that scrolls across the background (for a screen saver). When I publish an SWF the Image dissapears. If I bring the image in as a PNG then swap it for the Jpeg it will work when published, but only once. Does Flash MX have a maximum ima...more >>

Is there any browser for the Mac OS X platform that supports communications between two swf files in a web page or communication between the swf and the browser? -- Javier, El Sorro del Hiperespasio Ecsterior E-mail: Javier_g@telefonica.net Web: http://macosx.ethek.com ...more >>

i am new to flash and have an mx book to work from. in it i saymx has a scroll bar and a lot of the tutorials need it but in 2004 there is no scroll bar component. can some one tell me where to get it or how to make one? cheers in advance jm ...more >>

For whatever the reason my isp does not permit uploading of .mp3 files. I assume this has to do with file sharing/copyright issues. I have some .mp3's which belong to me that I'd like to store. My question is if I import a mp3 into flash and drop it on the timeline could I trick my isp into letti...more >>

I am developing a language learning system with Flash. The system is basically lots of sentences and a video of myself prononuncing those sentences in japanese. At present I am facing a problem, which basically is that I cannot change the text color of the words according to what i am saying. ...more >>

Ah, the sun is shining (somewhere), the birds are singing (offkey, but still...) and Community MX is in the air. Here is the latest offering of articles, tutorials and extensions from the folks at Community MX. Exploring the FlashPaper Printer http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=A451...more >>

hi, would anyone be willing to spare their time and help me how to create a "music player" in flash that plays several tracks when pressed on the play, stop, etc. button like on official artist websites? sgroove. ...more >>

Hey, Wondering if someone can take a gander at this file and tell me why the preloader isn't getting past o%. I have placed the loader in other files and they work fine. But this one, nothing happens. THanks http://webforums.macromedia.com/attachments/s_back.zip ...more >>

To all the professionals, I am evaluating the true capability of Flash MX Pro 2004 in developing a front end for a business class system. One thing that I've been looking for but haven't have luck, it is about user interface or form inheritence. For example, I create a base form that have the ...more >>

Hi, I have a scripted sound object in an external swf that's getting loaded into the root movie. It works perfectly when I test the swf alone, but when it gets loaded into the main movie, the sound object just seems to disappear. I suspect it's a problem with the linkage since I'm exporting t...more >>

Hi. After i load a .jpg into a movieclip i want to be able to use it in other movieclips aswell (inside the same swf) without having to load it again. Is this possible? Fiffen ...more >>

Hey Guys, I'm starting a contest to find the most creative person on these forums. Create a orignianl cartoon caracter. There are three requirements. 1) It must be completely original. I do not want to be sued. 2) It CANNOT be very complex. My drawing skills are good but i need to...more >>

Hey, I was trying to upload some flash files (the flash document, the flash movie, and the HTML version) and when I hit upload in the upload files window it gave me a message that said that that type of file is not permited. Whats wrong? Space Slag Zin ...more >>

Hi, I have just been pulling my hair out over small fonts for flash. I have done much research on these devils and am just wondering if anyone knows of a good solution for solving this problem, besides using pixel/bitmap fonts. I would like to use a verdana looking font yet around 10 pixels. Every...more >>

Ok guys. I have made a chat app in Flash MX using XML. I have it working fine on my local machine by running Java Runtime Environment v1.3.1 and a free socket server made by Brandan Hall of Figleaf Software called AquaServer. As I say, it works fine on my local machine but I'm not too sure how to...more >>

Hi there, In flash MX 2004, I can actually cut the chinese and japanese characters and paste them in flash directly and it's pretty amazing but when I tried to cut the Tamil characters and paste it in flash, it will appear as unknown symbols, does flash MX 2004 supports tamil characters?? I woul...more >>

How can we create a swf file with transparent parts (e.g. round sides)? So that the background of the HTML page can be seen. Thakns ...more >>

I have a layer with a picture, and a layer masking it that has an animated circle (so when the movie is run, a spotlight effect is created). I want to add as SECOND circle (spotlight) moving around at the same time. How can I do this? Can I add a second mask to the layer with the photo? Or can I ...more >>

I've recently uploaded a personal portfolio for a class project. You can view it here: http://www.c82.net/v4 You can see the problem by clicking the center image, clicking the Fractals tab, then click any other tab from within the fractals section. You'll see that the movie loads transparently...more >>

Hello everyone. I am Josh. I work with flash mx a lot, and are pretty good. But I need to install shockwave player for something. I went to the free shockwave instaler page and this message came up: http://www.uploadit.org/files/221003-error.gif I am in the "Xtra's" folder... but that doesn...more >>

my question is simple... what is the default folder for the flash player in each flavour of windows ? no amount of trolling through support pages has helped so far... the reason for my interest is that I am writing some vb to copy a large local shared object, rather than parsing it out of...more >>